"isn't she lovely?
isn't she wonderful?
isn't she precious?
less than one minute old...".

the household was in a great mood this morning. for one, iman and roman have been super tight ever since reconciling. they've been getting through their issues and getting back to loving each other unconditionally. the household was also in a great mood because today was the day that iman was going to find out the gender of the baby! everyone was excited, anticipating if the new addition would be a boy or a girl.

"good morning my beautiful family!" roman cheerfully announced to everyone in the kitchen. since it was the weekday and jianni had school, everyone was up. roman came in and kissed jianni on the cheek, gave julianne a pat on the back, and gave iman a passionate kiss.

"this is the happiest i've ever seen you in the morning" julianne chuckled.

"today is the day that we see our baby boy for the first time of course i'm happy" roman smiled. "my son, the next kin, the second generation!".

"no daddy, it's gonna be a baby girl!" jianni said.

"I don't care what it is guys, just as long as it's healthy" iman stressed.

"julianne what do you want her to have?" roman asked her.

"I don't really care, just like iman said as long as the baby is healthy" she shrugged. "it shouldn't matter what the gender is anyways just be grateful you're having another child, many can't".

"I am very grateful, and I would be just as happy if she was to have another girl. I would just like a boy because i've always wanted one" roman told her.

"well we'll see later today" iman sighed.

"momma I wanna go!" jianni exclaimed.

"go where? to the doctors?" iman wondered.

"yes!" she said.

"aww baby you can't, you'll be in school when I have to go" iman told her, the obstetrician appointment was at two, jianni doesn't get out of school until four.

"we could just pick her up early y'know..." roman suggested.

"no it's fine, we'll tell her when she comes home from school. I want her in school at all times getting her education" iman said.

"she's four, what are they doing besides playing outside and taking naps?" roman chuckled.

"she's not leaving school roman, end of story" iman told him. "we will tell her what i'm having when she comes home literally an hour or so after we find out".

jianni pouted at iman's words and while iman did feel bad a bit, she also wanted her daughter to attend school fully, so she had to do what she had to do.

"I promise we're gonna tell you when you come home from school okay?" iman reassured her so that she wouldn't start crying. luckily, jianni nodded in agreement with her mother.

"don't be upset babygirl, not before you have to go to school. you're gonna have a good day and then you're gonna have an even better day when we tell you what mommy's having okay?!" roman told her.

"okay daddy" jianni smiled, and roman hugged and kissed her on the cheek.

"cmon jianni finish up your breakfast so we can go" julianne told her.

"i'll go get her coat and backpack" iman said, and she went to jianni's room to grab her pink north face coat and my little pony backpack. julianne also took her matching my little pony lunch box out of the refrigerator with her packed sandwich, juice, and snacks.

"have a good day at school babydoll, I love you" iman told her.

"I love you too momma" jianni said, giving her mother a hug.

"love you babygirl, have fun at school" roman added, giving her a thumbs up.

"love you too daddy!" she smiled, giving him a thumbs up back.

she left out of the penthouse with julianne, heading off to school. now it was just roman and iman left alone.

"when she goes off to kindergarten in a few months i'm gonna cry like a baby" iman sighed.

"you're so emotional" roman chuckled.

"i'm serious babe, she's growing up right in front of our eyes. time goes by so fast it's like one day she was just born and the next she's four going on five" she explained. "then next thing you know she'll be a teenager bringing a boy home or something"

"alright let's not rush that...." roman said. "she don't need to be bringing no boy home, she better not bring no boy home".

"here you go" iman laughed.

"i'm serious iman, whatever boy she decides to bring home will have to go through me intensively i'm not playing that shit" roman said sternly. "but let's not rush that, i'm fine with her being four almost five".

"cmon let's go back to bed" iman chuckled.

"damn i'm already wide awake, I don't know if I can" roman said. "i'm usually going to the warehouse at this point".

"fine, make me breakfast then" iman told him.

"okay" he shrugged. "I make it better than julianne anyways, what do you want?".

"avocado toast and eggs with orange juice" she told him.

"alright, i'll let you know when it's done" roman said.

"thank you my love" iman grinned, hugging him from the back. roman grabbed her hands and kissed them and then iman went to the bedroom to lay down until breakfast was ready.

it was later on in the day and it was the time for iman's obstetrician appointment, aka where they would find out the gender of the baby. iman and roman were so excited to not only see the baby via ultrasound but to also find out whether a boy or girl would be blessing their lives in the next few months.

they walked into the exam room at the doctors' office, awaiting for iman's obstetrician dr. walker to arrive. about a few minutes later, she walked into the room.

"hi iman! how are you?" dr. walker asked her.

"i'm fine, i'm really excited" iman smiled. "can't wait to find out the gender".

"me too, and I see that you brought your husband with you" dr. walker said.

"hello dr. walker" roman said as they both shook hands.

"hello, now iman sit down and let's begin!" dr. walker instructed.

iman sat down on the exam room bed and laid back. dr. walker then put gel on iman's twenty week belly, which felt ticklish on her and made her laugh a bit. then dr. walker hooked up the ultrasound screen and put the transducer on her belly to monitor the baby. once the transducer was on iman's stomach, on the screen it showed the baby.

"there they are" dr. walker said to iman.

roman got closer to the screen and he held iman's hand as they both looked at the ultrasound. they were both astonished at their little baby, iman was nearly moved to tears and roman was smiling. it takes a lot for roman to smile but when it came to his family, he will forever be happy.

"i'm so happy" iman smiled. "it's not even born yet but they're already so beautiful, so glad that they're healthy too".

"yes, your baby boy is very healthy which is always good" dr. walker announced, and suddenly roman had a huge smile on his face.

"wait.... are we-" iman wondered.

"congratulations, you guys are having a boy!" dr. walker said.

roman jumped up in enthusiasm and let out a loud "yessir". he got what he wanted, a boy. he was definitely all smiles now, he even gave iman a kiss because of how happy he was.

"I see you wanted a boy" dr. walker chuckled.

"of course!" roman exclaimed. "i'm so happy, my little me is coming soon. I can't wait for july. i'm gonna teach him everything I know".

"well congratulations to you two, nice to see the happiness" dr. walker told them.

iman smiled at the ultrasound and also smiled at roman who was oozing with happiness. this is the happiest that she's seen roman in a while and it made her happy. they were so blessed to be having another baby, another child, a baby boy. july couldn't come sooner.

"so now that we're actually having a boy, can we name him after me?" roman asked iman as they left the doctors' and were going back home.

"I don't know about that" iman said.

"don't you remember the last time you were pregnant? I tried to name jianni "romina" or "romara" based after me and you were so against it, but then we came up with a compromise that if you were to ever have a boy we could then name him after me. we're having a boy now so..." roman reminded her.

"ask me again in july, but as of right now I don't think so" iman said.

"you'll come around, I know you will" roman chuckled.

"wait roman... i'm currently craving some mcdonald's" iman told him. "let's go get some".

"okay" he shrugged, and he drove over to the nearest mcdonald's to the penthouse.

"we can get jianni and julianne something too, by the time we get back julianne should be out to get jianni from school so when they get back they'll have a pre dinner or whatever" iman told him. "it'll be a good way to tell them the news".

"iman what the fuck are you doing?" roman asked his wife as he saw his pregnant wife dipping her double cheeseburger and fries into a mcflurry. pregnancy cravings are really a bitch huh.

"eating, don't judge" iman said as she gave her husband a look.

"I know but.... a burger into a mcflurry is very...." roman gagged.

"it's good to your son, he's the one that wanted it" iman told him. "I eat what the baby wants".

"is that just an excuse that pregnant people make to deflect from their weird cravings?" roman asked her, which caused for iman to hit his arm. roman laughed at that.

"try it" iman said, holding out a piece of the burger dipped in the mcflurry.

"don't wanna throw up in my bentley" roman chuckled.

"such a drama king! and yet you talk about me" she scoffed.

"imma stick to my big mac and fries baby, without the nasty mcflurry to match" he told her.

roman pulled into the parking garage of the penthouse. what was interesting about the garage was that julianne's car was still here. at this time julianne would be out picking up jianni from school, but instead her grey porsche was in the garage.

"I guess julianne got home early from picking up jianni" iman said.

"good, their food won't be cold" roman said.

the two got out of the car and went into the elevator to go upstairs to their house. as they were walking down the hall and right before roman could use his keys to open the door, he realized that the door was open. the door wasn't locked, and when he fidgeted it once it was unlocked and opened.

"what the fuck?!" roman exclaimed.

"what's wrong?" iman wondered, startled at her husband's tone.

"when I tried to open the door with my keys the door was unlocked, nobody locked the door" roman told her.

"julianne probably forgot calm down" iman said.

"i'm not calming down she got the door unlocked like this and someone could've easily came in and robbed the house, she needs to lock this shit" roman ranted.

nevertheless, the two walked into the house and the vibe was very eerie. there was no noise being made and it felt like no one was home. something wasn't right, and clearly julianne was here because her car was here. clearly someone was here because the door was unlocked... something is truly wrong in this household.

"something's not sitting well with my spirit roman, it's very weird in here right now" iman said nervously.

"yeah julianne not locking my doors is weird" roman scoffed. "julianne! get out here!".

there was nothing, all there was were groans of agony.

"HELLO?! julianne!" roman called out again.

roman was annoyed with her ignoring him so he decided to rush over to her room. he did just that and right when he opened her room door, he found julianne's room destroyed and julianne on the ground bloody and beaten.

"OH SHIT!" roman yelled out.

"what happened?!" iman wondered, and when she saw julianne on the ground, she let out a loud gasp.

"JULIANNE!" iman gasped, rushing over to her on the ground.

julianne had bruises all over her face, one including a purple one over her eye sensing that she's been punched. she had cuts on her lips and blood coming out of her mouth. her arms also showed bruises and iman even pulled up julianne's shirt and her stomach showed bruises as well.

"who did this to you?!" iman wondered, tears filling her eyes.

"I don't know" julianne said. "I was about to leave to pick up jianni from school and then these guys in hoodies and masks broke into the house, came in my room, and attacked me. I have no idea why. they beat me up badly as you can see".

"you need to go to the hospital now? can you get up? I can call an ambulance" iman said.

"not really, I was trying to call them when I first got beat up but I was too weak" julianne sighed.

"oh my god...." roman began to say.

"what?!" iman exclaimed.

"that fucking bastard victor" roman mumbled. "iman, you stay here and get julianne her medical attention. i'll go make sure that jianni is still at preschool, pick her up, and bring her home safely".

"because whoever attacked julianne and prevented her from picking up jianni, might have jianni".